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"The Expansion of Pay" (ペイの拡充 - pei no kakujuu) is a pun on an essay by Oosugi Sakae, "The Expansion of Life" (生の拡充 sei no kakujuu).

Published on July 20, 2011.

At some point before the publication of Volume 27, Kumeta discovered that the second half of this chapter closely mirrored an episode of Doraemon. While from what little I hear about it, the producers of Doraemon weren't upset about it, Kumeta was, leading to him to yank the chapter from the tankobon release. The magazine version of this chapter is probably the only version that will ever be released.

Page 1

Paint Can

The paint can says "Paint Calapis color", probably in reference to the Tom Sawyer reference that starts this chapter out. Calapis was one of the sponsors of the World Masterpiece Theater anime series.

Page 4

Background (Panel 9)

Summer Holiday Friend

A euphemism for homework assigned over holidays.

Fai (x2)

Artificial flowers, July edition

Hit

Walking-around battery

New Year's Money

Beautiful 01 Binary

Tom Sawyer Anime (Panel 10)

One of the episodes of the aforementioned World Masterpiece Theater series. First aired in 1980, and one of the few episodes to receive a worldwide audience due to its dubbing in English.

Page 5

Book (Panel 1)

The book says "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain - Translation by Toi Momoko". The translator's name is a play on the real translator, Ishii Momoko. Kaere's book reads "Umanami Shonen Bungo", which is a pun on the real book, "Iwanami Shonen Bungo".